UK Newsletter

Winter 2009

Norfolkline to step up transport efficiency

Having initially looked at a list of 50 vendors and following a thorough shortlisting process and demonstrations from three companies, Kewill has been selected to provide Norfolkline with a future-proof transport platform.

Norfolkline will implement Kewill Transport across a total of 32 sites and 384 users. The software will allow Norfolkline to support its wide-ranging business processes. 

Kookai selects Kewill

The UK operation of fashion chain Kookai, which trades from 9 stores and 46 concessions, has selected Kewill to supply and implement Kewill’s MessageBroker Lite service to improve its reporting of business critical data.

MessageBroker Lite will allow Kookai to implement electronic trading with its concessions to support a drive for higher sales. 

Allianz cuts annual data transmission costs by 20% with Kewill 

Allianz Personal, a division of Allianz UK PLC , one of the UK ’s leading insurers, recently completed a two year strategic review of the electronic trading practices that existed between the division and its business partners.

Julie Cutmore, Electronic Trading Manager for Allianz Personal comments: "Using Kewill InsuranceXchange, we are now seeing a 20% saving on our data transmission costs with an improved service offering."

Kewill provides AG Thames with enhanced EDI experience

AG Thames Holdings, a fruit importer and logistics provider, has improved its order and invoicing processes following the implementation of Kewill MessageBroker.

Head of IT, Bal Bhamra says, "We were immediately impressed with the technology and we received favourable reports from customers using the solution. Likewise, our new ERP provider had a good working relationship with Kewill. All these factors saw MessageBroker stand out from the rest."

To understand how Kewill’s hosted B2B integration service helped AG Thames meet Sainsbury’s service level requirements, download the case study using the link below.

EDI Resource Centre

The benefits of trading electronically with your partners, including improved operational efficiency and reduced costs cannot be ignored.

To help you learn more about the positive impact this can have on your business, Kewill have formulated a Resource Centre which discusses the wide range of benefits and offers best practice advice on successfully implementing EDI. Even if your business has existing EDI technology in place this Resource Centre will prove to be an invaluable source of information.

 Go to EDI Resource Centre - Retail Industry

 Go to EDI Resource Centre - High Tech Industry

BIFA Freight Service Awards 2008 Winners

Winners of last year's BIFA Awards were announced at a glittering ceremony held at the Brewery, London on Thursday 22 January 2009.

The most prestigious awards in the UK logistics and supply chain industry were handed to the 9 winners by the Rt. Hon. Michael Portillo, Broadcaster and former Minister of State for Transport.

As an organisation that helps to simplify global trade and logistics, Kewill was delighted to sponsor the European Logistics category on the 20th Anniversary of the Awards. 

 View a full list of winners and finalists

Kewill Customer Survey – We value what our customers say

In order to continue to monitor our performance and ensure that we are continuously improving the service that we provide, Kewill commissioned its latest customer survey in November. We would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to all our respondents for providing valuable feedback.

Everyone that completed the survey was entered into a draw to win £250 of capital bonds.

The lucky winner was Warren Malpass from Legal & General. Congratulations Warren! 

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